Father and Daughter

While looking over some blog posts, I found a post that featured the video below. As a father that doesn’t live with his daughter, I was incredibly touched by this short film. For me, this is the most touching short film I have ever seen. I believe that every parent, mother or father, should see this film. This is a reminder on how important we are for our children. They think of us, whether we are there or not. We decide what they think of us and how that takes an influence on their own life as a parent. Please share this, it is well worth it.

One of best short films ever !

Directed by Michaël Dudok De Wit
Produced by Claire Jennings
Willem Thijssen
Written by Michaël Dudok De Wit
Music by Normand Roger
Denis L. Chartrand
Release date(s) 2000
Running time 8:30 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Belgium
Netherlands
Language no dialogue

Father and Daughter is a 2000 Dutch animated short film, made by Michaël Dudok De Wit. It won the 2000 Academy Award for Animated Short Film.

The film also received over 20 awards and 1 nomination and is considered the most successful in the series of works by Michaël.

Story plot

A father says goodbye to his young daughter and leaves. As the wide Dutch landscapes live through their seasons so the girl lives through hers. She becomes a young woman, has a family and in time she becomes old, yet within her there is always a deep longing for her father.

The story can be seen as a metaphor. The father leaving on a boat signifies his death and the images of the daughter watching for him to come back is signifying her always thinking about him throughout her life. Towards the end when the now elderly daughter begins to travel through the overgrown, dried up riverbed is supposed to explain that she has died and is now travelling in the afterlife to see her father once again.

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